Improved sad-iron holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS HOVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

lMPROVED SAD-IRON HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,164, dated April 24,1866.

To all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, LEWIS HOVER, of Ohicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSad-Iron Holders; and I dohereby declare and make known that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figuresmarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

. The nature of'my said invention consists in constructing a sad-ironholder provided with a shield to protect the hand from the heat of theiron in two parts or sections having a lateral sliding motion withrespect to each other, so as to be readily opened and closed to adjustthe same upon or remove it from the handle of the sad-iron, as desired.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct anduse myinvention, I will proceed to describe the same with particularity,making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure1 represents a plan or top View of my invention; Fig. 2, an endelevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof asapplied to the sad-iron.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the sameparts of my invention.

A A represent two semi-cylindrical pieces, of wood or other suitablenon-conducting material, of the proper length, hollowed out upon theinside, so that when placed together to form the handle or holder thereis a space sufficient to receive and inclose the handle of the sad-iron,as shown. To each end of said handle A A are secured the ends of thecurved expanding guard O 0, also constructed in two parts, as shown,corresponding with the said parts A A. The handle of the holder A Aserves to protect the hand from the heat of the handle of the sad-iron,(marked D,) while the shield O G protects the hand from the heat of thesad-iron itself, (marked E.)

3 represents arod attached at each end, at a, to the ends of the handle,or that part thereof marked A, and bent in the form shown. These lateralarms or rods B pass through suitble sleeves b 1/ upon the ends of thatpart of the handle marked A, as shown, so that said part A is readilymoved along upon said guides B to the position indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2.

Instead of having the guides B connected by the cross-bar B, which formI prefer, suitable heads may be fixed upon the extremities of saidguides to prevent the part A J from sliding off from said guides.

To apply my invention to the sad-iron thepart A C is moved out, asindicated by said dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the part A O is properlyadjusted upon the handle of the sad-iron, and the partA O returned toplace, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. When the holder is to be removed fromthe sad-iron the operation .is effected by sliding the two parts thereofapart.

Having described my invention as to its construction and operation, Iwill now specify what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Constructing the handle A and shield G of a sad-iron holder in twoparts having a sliding lateral movement with respect to each other,substantially as and for the purposes specified and shown.

2. The combination and arrangement of the two parts A A O O with theguides B, constructed and operating substantially as herein set forth.

LEWIS HOVER.

Witnesses:

W. E. MARKS, J. W. HERTHEL.

